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According to Anaya, mermithid worms commonly infect grasshoppers whereas hairworms infect crickets. She said the grasshopper was likely infected with either a mermithid or horsehair worm.īoth worms have a similar life cycle, in which they infect a host and drive them to the water so the parasite can be released. Reuters showed the video to Christina Anaya, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln specialising in parasites (, here). As before, evidence points to an alternative explanation.

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